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A. U. DRAYER 8v H. C. BOYKIN.

PLUG TOBACCO GUTTER.

Patented 88188.25, 1888.

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ADAM U. DRAYER AND HERBERT C. BOYKIN, OE MIDDLETOWN, OHIO, AS-

SIGNORS TO THE WILSON & MCCALLAY TOBACCO COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

PLUGTOBACCO CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 389,877, datedSeptember 25, 1888.

Application iiled May 2S. 188B. Serial No. 275,308. (No model.)

LTO @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that we, ADAM U. DRAYER and HERBERT C. BoYKrN, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Middletown, in the county 5 of Butler andState of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement inPlug- Tobacco Cutters, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawing,form-` ro ing part of this specification.

Our invention relates to that class of plugtobacco cutters in which aplug of tobacco is cut into sections by a knife attached to a lever.Those heretofore in use, in which a stationary blade is attached to alever between the fulcrum and the point at which the power is applied,make a direct cut through the plug. As the plug is often hard, itrequires a good deal of power to force the knife through.

2o The tobacco being` more or less saturated with the sweetening andother sticky substances, the knife soon becomes clogged and caked withthese substances, so that it is difficult to cut with it at all. In ourinvention it is pro- '.25 posed to overcome these objections by makingthe knife in the form of a revolving disk with a cutting-edge, and toarrange it so that at each stroke this disk passes into a sponge orbetween two pieces of sponge or other moist 3o substance, by which it iscleaned and lubricated, so that at each stroke it presents a clean sharpedge to the tobacco or substance to be cut.

In the accompanying drawing', A is a base supporting the cutter.

a a are arched braces or brackets, firmly fixed to the base A andcarrying the fulcrum b.

B is a curved lever, fulcrumed at b and moving between the brackets a a.This lever may 4o bc made without any curves, butwith an angle at thepoint where it is pivoted or fulcrumed to the brackets a cl.,- but weprefer to curve it ina mannersubstantially as shown in the drawing, forthe reasons to be hereinafter stated.

To the short arm ofthe lever is pivoted the revolving disk C. This diskCis provided with a beveled or sharp cutting-edge. Vhen the long orouter arm of the leverisraised,asin the position indicated by the dottedlines, the disk 5o or knife C is also raised, as shown in dotted lines.

D is a plate resting on the base A, divided as shown at il. On thisplate D is placed the plug of tobacco E, the point where it is to be cutcoming over or in line with the opening d in the plate D. As the lever Bis lowered the disk C cuts through the plug E, passing freely in theslot or opening d. The disk revolving on the axis c makes a rolling ordrawing cut, largely distributing and reducing the resistance, thusrequiring much less power to force the knife through a given substance.The curved form of the lever also gives greater power to the lever andincreases the revolving motion of the disk and rolling or drawingcharacter of the out, thus greatly facilitating the operation, a muchsmaller power being required to cut a given substance than with astraight or curved stationary knife.

F is a casing at the rear of the cutter, in which is inserted a sponge,f, or any similar substance,which should be kept wet or moist. As thelever is pressed down the edge of the disk is forced, to a greater orless degree, into this spongef, the casing F being provided with aperpendicular slot or opening to receive the disk.Thccontactwiththemoistspongecleans and meistens the disk or knife, sothat it is prepared for the next eut. By this means the knife is keptalways clean and free from sticky 0r gummy substances, a clean,clear cutis made with great ease, and the tobacco is not soiled by a dirty knife.

We do not conne ourselves to the particular form of braces or levershown.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

In a tobacco-cutter, a curved lever, B, fulcrunied to suitable supportsand carrying a revolving cutting-disk, in combination with a slottedframe, a, and slotted bed-plate D, and the casing F, for carrying asponge or other suitable substance for cleaning the cutter, said casingF having a vertical opening to receive the cutter, registering with theslot d in the bed-plate, substantially as and for the purpose described.

ADAM U. Daarna. IIERBERT C. BOYKIN.

iVitncsses:

H. Pliner SMITH, VERMONT HATFIELD.

